Choosing a brunner for planting in the garden

Flowers ennoble the garden, give it comfort, make it original and aesthetic. If you want to decorate your plot with plants with large leaves and a lot of small flowers, stop your choice on Brunner. And what species of this plant are and how to look after it, we will tell in this article.

general description

Brunner is a perennial plant belonging to the Burachnikov family. The range of wild plants: the Caucasus, Western and Eastern Siberia, Asia Minor. It has a powerful rhizome, from which there are several rough stems 30-40 cm each. Because of this, it looks like a small bush. One of the remarkable features of brunners is leaves. They can be up to 15-25 cm in length, wide, covered with small hairs, on long petioles. They have a heart-shaped shape, the edge is always sharp. The color in nature is dark green, the bottom is grayish.

But breeders were able to bring varieties with a variety of leaf color.Flowers Brunners in inflorescences small, about 1 cm in diameter, on long peduncles. A cup of five petals of a dark blue color (sometimes violet), with a white center. Pistils and stamens are not visible on the flower. The fruit is a nutlet.

Detailed description of species and popular varieties

The genus Brunner has only three species. All of them were open in the wild, but two of them were cultivated. Consider the most popular varieties of this plant.

Large leaf

This is the most famous type of Brunner. Numerous compared to other species. The plant grows about 40 cm in height, and during flowering may be even higher. Basal leaves more than on top, 25 cm long, wide. Color may vary by grade. It was the brunner large-leaved that became the ancestor of other varieties. Imagine their photo with the name:

• "Jack Frost" - has light, slightly silvery leaves.

• "Silver Wings" - the leaves are covered with bright spots on the edge.

• Brunner "Lucking Glass" - has beautiful light green leaves with dark green veins.

• Brunner large-leaved "Variegata" - green leaves with a wide bright border around the edge.

Siberian

A species that does not bush. Powerful rhizome creates a peculiar carpet with stalks. Leaves dense, wrinkled. The flowers are dark blue in the inflorescence panicle. Brunner Siberian twice "covered" with greens.

East

This species grows only in the wild, as it does not represent special value for gardeners. A low plant, with small, fifteen centimeter thin leaves.

Basic rules for growing brunners

The plant loves shaded areas, although it can grow in sunny terrain.

It is better to plant the brunner from late July to early August, and the next spring the plant will delight you with its flowering. Brunner prefers loamy, heavy soil where moisture is very well retained. What especially pleases gardeners - Brunner is very unpretentious. It needs to be watered sometimes, but if it grows in the sun, the watering should be abundant.

But she would benefit from mulching in summer and winter. Weeds need to be carefully harvested, especially near the large leaf Brunners. Loosen the soil should be very careful, as you can damage the rhizome.

It is noticed that the large-leaved Brunner is not susceptible to any diseases or pests. What can not be said about the Siberian Brunner: it can “pick up” brown spot or powdery mildew. But it is easily corrected with the help of fungicides. Brunner does not lose its attractiveness to the very cold, so in the fall in the already deserted garden will please the eye with its variegated foliage. This plant is capable of making any plot attractive without much hassle.